Category:Tragic

Villains who, although acting for primarily evil goals, have understandable reasons for their motives due to suffering; hence, the reader/viewer can sympathize with them.Most of these villains are not in full control of their actions/emotions due to them not being evil by choice, but rather by them being (for the most part) a victim of circumstance. It can also mean that the villain was a happy and normal person before.These villains are often suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and can develop into delusional villains or Megalomaniacs because their experiences develop their beliefs into obsessions, twisting them to insanity.

There are several ways to declare a Tragic villain:
 * A villain with a backstory that has caused them anger and depression, shaping them into destructive and hateful beings. However, the broken heart is what is causing their evil actions. Rather, they're forced upon a path of darkness, and their past has caused them to become distrustful and misled.
 * Protective Villains who commit crime, even murder, to protect the ones they care about. They are only looking out for whoever they love or care for, but use extreme measures to do so; due to this, they are stopped by the heroes, making it even more difficult to save them.
 * Brainwashed/Possessed characters who are ether controlled or corrupted by some kind of evil presence. Therefore, they are not willingly evil, but are manipulated by the power that is controlling them.